Hannah Beech

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The New Face of Indonesian Democracy

Joko Widodo may be the world’s most modest national leader. does the President-to-be have what it takes to run the vast nation?

By Hannah Beech

The Voice of a Generation

Joshua Wong and his fellow students have triggered a youthquake that’s shaking up Hong Kong

By Emily Rauhala / Hong Kong and Hannah Beech

Protests Have Given Rise to a New Political Generation

However the Occupy Central protests end, it is clear that Hong Kong's smart, determined and peaceful young people have finally found their political power

By Hannah Beech

Defiance in Hong Kong

As the window for reconciliation appears to be narrowing

By Hannah Beech

Sorry, Conspiracists: Kim Jong Un Is Probably Just Sick

Rumors that the Supreme Leader's month-long vanishing act signals a coup or a power shuffle are likely false, experts say

By Hannah Beech

Hong Kong Stands Up

Why the territory’s fight for democracy is a challenge for China

By Hannah Beech

Chinese Media Slam Hong Kong Protests

Beijing has made it clear that the pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong will not be tolerated

By Hannah Beech

The High School Where Japan's Kids Learn to Become Soldiers

A look inside the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's High Technical School

By Hannah Beech

A Test of Faith

The Pope’s South Korea trip comes as Christianity is booming in Asia—and under growing strain

By Hannah Beech

See Inside Fukushima's Lethal Reactor

Photographer Dominic Nahr documented an exclusive tour of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and spent three years documenting life in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, the northeastern region devastated by a nuclear melt down following an earthquake and a tsunami in March 2011.

By Hannah Beech

Fukushima: Inside the Most Dangerous Room in the World

Three-and-a-half years after a catastrophic meltdown, Fukushima is far from fixed

By Hannah Beech

Want Some Entertainment in China? Don't Turn On the TV

China’s TV and film watchdog has ordered a dull diet of nationalist fare ahead of the country's National Day in October

By Hannah Beech

Pope Arrives in South Korea With a Message for All Asia

The Vatican says that Catholicism is growing faster in the region than anywhere else on Earth

By Hannah Beech

Is China Anti-Muslim? Not So Fast

Beijing bans some Muslims from observing Ramadan, or boarding public transport while veiled, but it allows millions of others to practice their religion without hindrance

By Hannah Beech

China Quake Aid May Be Hit by Lingering Sex Scandal

A 2011 imbroglio involving a young woman's feigned connection to China's biggest charity could hamper a drive to raise relief funds for victims of an earthquake in Yunnan province that has claimed at least 381 lives

By Hannah Beech

China's Former Security Czar Faces Corruption Probe

Zhou Yongkang, former head of China's police state, becomes the most senior official yet caught up in President Xi Jinping's anticorruption crusade

By Hannah Beech

U.S. Firms Feel China's Wrath

Beijing appears to be reciprocating Washington's mistrust of Chinese firms

By Hannah Beech

Think Your Flight Delays Are Bad? Try China

Even in this era of jam-packed commercial air travel, the armed forces still control most of China’s airspace

By Hannah Beech

Will China's Corruption Campaign Work?

President Xi has netted more “tigers," or top-level officials, than his predecessor Hu Jintao did during his entire decade in power

By Hannah Beech

The Rohingya, Burma's Forgotten Muslims by James Nachtwey

More than 140,000 minority Rohingya Muslims have been forced to live in camps, where NGOs have been evicted and disease and despair have taken root.

By Hannah Beech
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